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You can search for a marine species or other entities that have been tagged in the message content by using the search box on the right hand side of the page.

Browse the WoRMS taxonomy


You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                Aetideidae
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                Bathypontiidae
                Calanidae
                Candaciidae
                Centropagidae
                Clausocalanidae
                Diaixidae
                Discoidae
                Eucalanidae
                Euchaetidae
                Heterorhabdidae
                Lucicutiidae
                Mecynoceridae
                Megacalanidae
                Mesaiokeratidae
                Metridinidae
                Paracalanidae
                Parapontellidae
                Phaennidae
                Phyllopodidae
                Pontellidae
                    Anomalocera
                    Calanopia
                    Labidocera
                    Pontella
                    Pontellina
                    Pontellopsis
                      Pontellopsis brevis
                      Pontellopsis regalis
                      Pontellopsis villosa
                      Pontellopsis scotti
                      Pontellopsis herdmani
                      Pontellopsis tenuicauda
                      Pontellopsis aequalis
                      Pontellopsis inflatodigitata
                      Pontellopsis macronyx
                      Pontellopsis occidentalis
                      Pontellopsis pacifica
                      Pontellopsis pexa
                      Pontellopsis speciosus
                      Pontellopsis tasmanensis
                      Pontellopsis albatrossi
                      Pontellopsis andersoni
                      Pontellopsis armata
                      Pontellopsis bitumida
                      Pontellopsis contracta
                      Pontellopsis curta
                      Pontellopsis curticornis
                      Pontellopsis emerita
                      Pontellopsis globosa
                      Pontellopsis krameri
                      Pontellopsis laminata
                      Pontellopsis lubbockii
                      Pontellopsis perspicax
                      Pontellopsis protensa
                      Pontellopsis rubescens
                      Pontellopsis sinuata
                      Pontellopsis strenua
                      Pontellopsis yamadae
                      Pontellopsis digitata
                      Pontellopsis grandis
                    Epilabidocera
                    Paralabidocera
                    Ivellopsis
                    Aphelura
                    Eupontella
                    Hemipontella
                    Irenaeus
                    Isocope
                    Iva
                    Ivella
                    Ivellina
                    Monachops
                    Monops
                    Pontia
                    Pseudomonops
                    Pseudopontella
                    Pseudopontia
                    Calanops
                Pseudocyclopidae
                Pseudocyclopiidae
                Pseudodiaptomidae
                Ridgewayiidae
                Ryocalanidae
                Scolecitrichidae
                Spinocalanidae
                Stephidae
                Temoridae
                Tharybidae
                Pseudocalanidae
                Calocalanidae
                Nullosetigeridae
                Rhincalanidae
                Kyphocalanidae
                Rostrocalanidae
            Podoplea
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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